Base-board construction for buildings.



J. F. JOHNSON.

BASE BOARD CONSTRUCTION FOR BUILDINGS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.10,1914.

1 1 446 Patented Aug. 25,1914.

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BASE-BOARD CONSTRUCTION FOB BUILDINGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apg. 25, 1914.

Application filed February 10, 1914. Serial No. 817,766.

T all w/wmit may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. JoI-InsoN, a citizen of the United States,and residing at Elmhurst, in the county of Queens and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Base-BoardConstructions for Buildings, of which the fol lowing is a specification,such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to baseboard constructions for buildings, andmore particularly to what are known as sheet metal finishings for thebottom of walls of buildings and particularly dwellings, and the objectthereof is to provide improved baseboards or finishings of this classconsisting of separate parts so formed as to be conveniently applied andsecured in place, one of said parts being also designed for holding acarpet, linoleum, or other floor covering.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of aninterior wall baseboard or finishing construction made according to myinvention with parts broken away; Fig. 2 a section on the line 2- 2 ofFig. 1, but showing the broken away parts in full lines; Fig. 3 a viewshowing a modified form of a detail of the construction, and; Fig. 4: asection on the line 4- of Fig. 3.

In the drawing forming part of this speci fication, reference being madeto Fig. 1, I have given an interior view of a part of a room orcompartment in a building, and showing my improved baseboard or metalfinishing construction at the bottom of the wall or walls, said wall orwalls being. indicated at a, and in the practice of my invention, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, I provide a metal base board or finishingconstruction composed of a central or main body part I), a top moldingstrip 0 and a bottom finishing and carpet holding strip (1.

The central or main body part or strip 5 may be of any desired verticaldimensions and is provided at the top thereof with a backwardly directedmember 6 which presses upon the wall a and is provided with an upwardlydirected plate member 6 which rests against the wall a and the top ofwhich is provided with a forwardly and downwardly directed lip Z)preferably composed of separate parts separated by longitudinal recessesif, and the plate member I) is provided at the bottom thereof withoutwardly and downwardly directed spring tongues b cut from the materialof the plate member I), thus forming apertures 19 therein, and the frontend or edge portions of the tongues b are curved upwardly slightly, asshown at I).

The top molding strip 0 is cut from sheet metal and is preferably of theform shown in cross section in Fig. 2, and is provided at the bottomthereof with a backwardly direeled flange or flanges 0 adapted to beinserted beneath the spring tongue or tongues I), as shown in Fig. 2,and said molding strip 0 is provided at the top edge thereof with adownwardly directed lip or lips 0 and in practice, or in the operationof assembling these parts, the central or main body member 2') issecured to the wall by nails, screws or similar devices 6 passed throughthe bottom portion of the part I) and throughthe part b after which thetop molding strip 0 is forced into position, the flange or flanges cpassing beneath the tongue or tongues b, and the lip or lips 0 beingforced backwardly over the lips b at the top edge of the part 71 Thepart b is also provided at the bottom thereof with abackwardlv directedflange member .7) which presses on the wall a and above which the part7) isprovided with outwardly and upwardly directed locking tongues Z2cut from the material of said part, as shown ato Thebottom finishing andcarpet holding strip of is also cut from a sheet of metal and isprovided at the top edge thereof with a backwardly and downwardlydirected flange J or a number of said flanges ad ted to engage thelocking tongues b andin placing the part (Z in po sition, the flangeorflanges (Z are forced downwardly between the body of the part b andlocking tongues b and said part (Z is held in position by friction andthe bottom edge thereof presses on and holds the carpet 7", or otherfloor covering, in position, and the use of tacks or similar devices forthis purpose is obviated, and dust and dirt of any kind cannot collectbeneath or enter the space beneath the baseboard or finishingconstruction. It will be understood that the part of may be detachedwhenever necessary plates 9 are provided renewing, or

for the purpose of laying,

coverings, or

cleaning carpet or other floor for any similar purpose.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown a modified form of construction, in whichthe plate member 6 is of much less height than in the construction shownin Figs. 1 and 2, and supplemental locking plates, 9 are employed, theobject of this modification being to save material which is otherwise.necessary, when the plate member If is carried upwardly to the fullheight of the molding strip 0. The supplemental locking plates 9, onlyone of which i shown, may be of any desired length and any numberthereof may be employed in connection with the part I), or the platemember 6 thereof. The locking at their top edges with downwardly andforwardly directed lips 9 similar to the lip members 6 and adjacent totheir ends, said plates are provided with vertical slots through whichare passed screws 5 by which said locking plates are secured to the walla, and said locking plates are provided with downwardly and forwardlydirected bottom flange members and cut from th material of said plates,and apertures y therem are downspring forming wardly and tongue membersforwardly directed 9' having parts g which rest on the front edgeportions of the flange members and reinforce said flange mem bers, andthe method of securing the moldl l l l l I 5 l j ing strip aiii-position will be the same as 5 that hereinbefore described withreference to the construction shown in Fig. 2, the,

backwardly said molding partor parts of the locking plates 9 and thepart b of the central molding strip b.

directed flange member 0 of f strip being forced between the 5 It willalso be seen that the locking plates 9 are vertically adjustable and thepressure of the part or parts 9 on the flange or flanges c of themolding strip or strips 0 may thus be regulated.

lVith my improvement, the parts I), c and a may be made of any desiredlength and may be conveniently laid in corners or around corners, asshown at a and a in Fig. 1, and it will be understood that said partsmay be of any desired transverse or vertical dimensions, and the moldingstrip or strips 0 may be of any desired form in vertical or transversesection.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is;

A baseboard or finishing construction for the inner walls of buildings,comprising a main body part supported above the floor by headed devicespassed therethrough near the bottom thereof, said part being providedbetween said devices with upwardly directed spring tongues and adetachable strip provided at the top edge thereof with a backwardly anddownwardly directed flange adapted to engage said spring tongues, saidstrip being adapted to cover said devices and to be moved vertically andto be held in place by friction and to bear'on a carpet or other floorcovering the edge of which is passed under the main body part.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 9th day of February1914.

' JOHN F. JOHNSON.

\Vitnesses:

C. Mtnnmxr, S. Axoasws.

